#shorts On 3/2/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I just want to follow up on Kevin’s first question about the D.C. crime law. Again, and just to be clear, the White House put out a statement saying that the President did not support it. But now from the podium, you’re saying that —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, not — the President as well, right?
Reporter: Well, the — yeah.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Not just me.
Reporter: Right. Fine.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah.
Reporter: You, the podium — you represent the President but fine. To be clear, why —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, but you heard directly from the President. I just want to make sure —
Reporter: Understood. So let me —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — that that is — that is clear.
Reporter: So I’m following up on his statement. Even better. It makes it even better for me.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: That — right?
Reporter: So why would the —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: That’s what I’m saying. (Laughter.) It makes it even better. You heard it directly from the President.
Reporter: I’ll ask you cleanly: Why would the White House say he does not support it and then he would say he is not vetoing it — instead, he is signing it? Which is to say, why should Americans believe the White House when it says it doesn’t support something if the President is going to sign it no less?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I understand the question, Peter. I’m just telling you, at this moment where we are currently with this piece of legislation that is going to be coming — this — that’s coming from the Senate, that’s going to be coming to the President’s desk, he will — he will sign it.
On 3/2/2023, President Joe Biden said he is willing to sign a Republican-sponsored resolution blocking new District of Columbia laws. 31 House Democrats backed Republicans’ opposition to the bill in the floor vote earlier this month. In doing so, the president would be allowing Congress to nullify the city’s laws for the first time in more than three decades. Biden’s opposition to vetoing the House’s measure means members of Congress may successfully block a D.C. bill from becoming law for the first time in more than three decades, infringing on the District’s home rule, a 1973 act aimed at allowing D.C. residents to control their own local affairs.
The district lacks the same rights that states have to make and amend laws. While Congress has allowed the city’s residents some powers of “home rule,” it has retained veto powers over district government actions. District residents also do not have voting members of Congress. The law overhaul was approved late last year by the D.C. Council. It overrode a veto by Mayor Muriel Bowser, who had concerns over some of the changes. The resolution passed the House with some Democratic support and appears poised to clear the U.S. Senate on a bipartisan basis as well, perhaps as early as next week. After Biden privately told senators that he’d sign the measure overriding the changes, some Democratic senators said they’d support the measure too.
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/cr6BkZU6a4E
Why say he does not support it & then he would say he is not vetoing it, instead, he is signing it?